Classic Rock

Eric Clapton & Friends: A Tribute To Ginger Baker

London Hammersmith Eventim Apollo

‘Ginger’s son Kofi stuns ’em all with Pressed Rat And Warthog.’

Guest Reviewer Nettie Baker

We take our seats to an anticipatory ‘buzz’. A disembodied image of Ginger in his best Abe Lincoln incarnation hangs smiling benignly over those come to pay their respects to a legend. Then our old family-owned Super 8s reminds us of what big shoes there are to fill tonight. Four drum kits loomed along the back line… the one far left proclaiming ‘Kofi Baker’ on the double kicks.

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